Question follow-through · 45971
Driving Tests: Eastleigh
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average waiting time for driving tests is in Eastleigh constituency.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 17 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 23 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 29 Apr 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average waiting time for driving tests is in Eastleigh constituency.
23 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Apr 2025
Answer published
The table below shows the average waiting time in weeks for driving test centres that serve customers living in the Eastleigh constituency, as of 21 April 2025. Driving test centre (DTC)Average car practical driving test waiting time (21 April 25)Southamp...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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